Favourite Songs

Submitted by Wezzo on Fri, 11/24/2006 - 05:54
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  1. [c] = cover version.

  2. THE TOP 100

  3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975)
  4. "In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream"
  5. Powerful, haunting, intense and explosive. Springsteen sings like the world depends on it - the closing minute of vocalizing says more than mere words ever could. Perfect.
  6. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind (1992)
  7. "Somewhere in my mind, I know there's no tomorrow"
  8. The best song of the '90s sounds like it was written in the '60s. Bob Mould sends us careering round an emotional rollercoaster driven by jangling guitars and multiple catchy refrains that doesn't let up for the entirety of its 3:18 runtime.
  9. Coconut Records - West Coast (2007)
  10. "We both go together if one falls down. Yeah right, heh"
  11. Everything just works. The lyrics are stunning in their simplicity; Schwartzman delivers them with heart-rending conviction. The heart-rending, soaring piano is the perfect complement.
  12. Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army (1979)
  13. "I would rather be anywhere else than here today"
  14. The Abba-esque cheerful melody betrays the spectacularly downbeat, down-hearted, bitterly sarcastic lyric.
  15. R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful (1998)
  16. "At my most beautiful, I count your eyelashes secretly"
  17. R.E.M. at their most beautiful.
  18. Steven Page - Over Joy (2010)
  19. "My depression has got me choosing doom and gloom over joy"
  20. Pitch-perfect, radio-friendly, sugary pop perfection. Coupled with a heartbreaking lyric that will just about ruin your day.
  21. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - The Waiting (1981)
  22. "You take it on faith, you take it to the heart"
  23. Heartfelt heartland rock at its most memorable.
  24. The Gaslight Anthem - The Diamond Church Street Choir (2010)
  25. "Who, who, who does it better than we do? Them sopranos in Andy Diamond's choir"
  26. Where doo-wop, punk and Bruce Springsteen meet. And yes, it is as glorious as that sounds.
  27. The National - Racing Like a Pro (2007)
  28. "One time you were a glowing young ruffian, oh my God it was a million years ago"
  29. Devastating in its impact and import.
  30. Sha-Na-Na - Those Magic Changes (1975)
  31. "I have never heard that song before, but if I don't hear it any more.."
  32. Condensed nostalgia. Soaring vocals, sugary-sweet melody.
  33. Billy Joel - Say Goodbye to Hollywood (1976)
  34. "Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again"
  35. In the right mindset, this is a pretty painful listen.
  36. They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul (1990)
  37. "Not to put too fine a point on it, say I'm the only bee in your bonnet"
  38. The Giants at their witty, urbane, catchy best.
  39. Danny and the Champions of the World - Every Beat of My Heart (2011)
  40. "Oh the drummer, he's playin' every beat of my heart, he's gonna count us in for the start"
  41. Danny and his Champions rock up a storm in this poppy ode-to-the-drummer marvel. Worthy of E Street.
  42. Brian Eno and David Byrne - Life Is Long (2008)
  43. "Life is long if you give it away, so stay, don't go, 'cos I'm fading away"
  44. A marvellous cross-genre hybrid, a pop-rock melody pollinated with gospel tinges.
  45. Richard Hawley - Tonight the Streets Are Ours (2009)
  46. "Don't let fear of feeling fool you, what you see sets you apart"
  47. Devastatingly beautiful. Complex yet effortless orchestration; warm, affecting vocals.
  48. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (1977)
  49. "Burning through the sky, yeah, 200 degrees: that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit"
  50. Bombastic fun - it remains unbelievably catchy.
  51. The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - A Fairytale Of New York (1988)
  52. "Got on a lucky one, came in 18 to 1 - I've got a feeling this year's for me and you"
  53. The best Christmas song of all-time - Macgowan and Maccoll perfectly counter each other, vocally and lyrically.
  54. R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven (1991)
  55. "Living inside near wild heaven"
  56. Sublime backing vocals from Mike Mills, supported by one of the band's finest melodies.
  57. Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
  58. "They sit at the bar and put bread in my jar and say 'Man, what are you doing here?'"
  59. Melancholy yet uplifting, with one of the finest sing-along choruses ever written, and superb slice-of-life lyrics.
  60. Bruce Springsteen - You'll Be Comin' Down (2007)
  61. "Cinnamon sky's gone candy-apple green"
  62. The meticulous highlight of Magic. Cry of a spurned lover, or venomous attack on Bush? Probably both.
  63. Barenaked Ladies - Life, in a Nutshell (1994)
  64. "She's like a baby and I'm like a cat, when we are happy we both get fat"
  65. As catchy a song as BNL have ever written, with lyrics that tread the sentimental-insincere line masterfully.
  66. The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks (2010)
  67. "Though the water is rising, there's still no surprising you"
  68. Heart-rending strings accompany one of the National's most sincere ballads - and one of Berninger's finest vocal performances.
  69. The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (1966)
  70. "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older, then we wouldn't have to wait so long"
  71. Wonderfully wistful, beautifully produced.
  72. R.E.M. - Aftermath (2004)
  73. "It makes you laugh and it makes you cry when London falls and you're still alive"
  74. The definitive post-Berry R.E.M. track.
  75. The Gaslight Anthem - Meet Me By The River's Edge (2007)
  76. "You're the only one who understood me then, you're the only one who will"
  77. Combines the finest Springsteenian grandeur with the hardest-rocking, driving beat heard in decades. Boss references, hard-jangling guitars, and Weinberg-rivalling drumming. "No surrender, my Bobby Jean".
  78. Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (can't find orig release date, 1980?)
  79. "You'll be amazed, so full of praise, when we've rearranged your world"
  80. As enjoyable as easy listening gets.
  81. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (1978)
  82. "Keep pushing 'till it's understood and these badlands start treating us good"
  83. The Springsteen ethos summarised in four minutes. It's all here.
  84. R.E.M. - Fall On Me (1986)
  85. "Buy the sky and sell the sky"
  86. Beach Boys-style melodies set alongside lyrics and vocals typical opf R.E.M.'s '80s output. It's a stunning combination.
  87. fun. - At Least I'm Not As Sad (As I Used To Be) (2009)
  88. "I don't fall in love, I just fake it"
  89. Triangulates reggae, indie-pop and college rock: something rather special.
  90. M. Ward - Epistemology (2009)
  91. "I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road I stumbled"
  92. Low-key vocals and dense, melodic instrumentation make this an all-around winner.
  93. Barenaked Ladies - You Run Away (2010)
  94. "I did my best, but it wasn't enough"
  95. The bitter counterpoint to Page's "Over Joy", it packs a powerful emotional punch thanks to a personal lyric and densely packed vocals and instrumentation.
  96. Morrissey - That's How People Grow Up (2009)
  97. "Praying for love that never comes from someone that does not exist"
  98. Once again, Morrissey perfectly taps into the human condition with his depressingly accurate lyrics. Rocking tune, too.
  99. Carbon Leaf - What About Everything? (2004)
  100. "I find it hard to complain when compared with what about everything"
  101. Profound message; soaring instrumentation; catchy-as-a-bitch chorus.
  102. Roger Whittaker - Streets of London (1976)
  103. In our winter city, the rain cries a little pity for one more forgotten hero and a world that doesn't care"
  104. Sobering observation set to a suitably downbeat easy listening tune.
  105. The Polyphonic Spree - Section 9: Light & Day (2002)
  106. "Follow the day and reach for the sun"
  107. Gorgeous backing supported by lyrics that can't help but prove uplifting.
  108. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (1993)
  109. "It's just easier than dealing with the pain"
  110. One of that songs that just hit you like a punch to the gut.
  111. Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done (1998)
  112. "Alone & bored on a 30th century night - will I see you on The Price Is Right?"
  113. Rollicking good fun with pop culture references a-plenty.
  114. Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams (1999/2012)
  115. "Big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams"
  116. Always an emotional journey, takes on new meaning in the aftermath of Clarence's passing and its subsequent studio release.
  117. Guided By Voices - Hold On Hope (2000)
  118. "Everybody's got to hold on hope, it's the last thing that's holding me"
  119. GbV in emotional, melancholy mode - it works perfectly.
  120. They Might Be Giants - New York City (1996)
  121. "Everyone's your friend in New York City, and everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty"
  122. A solid girl-grunge tune made into a rock masterpiece by the Giants.
  123. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (1994)
  124. "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah"
  125. Buckley's voice defies description, and this interpretation is faultless.
  126. Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980)
  127. "No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle, no flowers, no wedding dress"
  128. Springsteen at his sentimental best - outstanding lyrics
  129. Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero (1977)
  130. "Oh, I wish I was a wild west hero"
  131. The superior "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  132. R.E.M. - Daysleeper (1998)
  133. "I see today with a newsprint fray, my night is coloured headache grey"
  134. The best song in 3/4 time? Probably.
  135. Geoff Byrd - Before Kings (2005)
  136. "Promises slip the skin, disillusionment can now begin"
  137. Sharp, urbane lyrics and tunes worthy of the Beatles - the most "underrated" song on this list
  138. Carbon Leaf - The Boxer (2001)
  139. "She is the boxer, she knows when and where to strike"
  140. Who knew folk-pop could be this good? Immensely catchy
  141. Cerys Matthews - Oranges to Florida (2009)
  142. "Another day of fighting, it won't make me understand"
  143. The finest dream-pop song of all-time; swirling orchestration effortlessly coalesces with Cerys' yearning.
  144. Billy Joel - The Entertainer (1974)
  145. "It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long; if you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit; so they cut it down to 3:05"
  146. A sharp, scathing indictment of the music industry set to inspired backing
  147. They Might Be Giants - The End of the Tour (1994)
  148. "The engagements are booked through the end of the world, so we'll meet at the end of the tour"
  149. Ballad and heavy rock contrast wonderfully in one of TMBG's most powerful
  150. Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die (2004)
  151. "First of the gang with a gun in his hand, and the first to do time, the first of the gang to die"
  152. Morrissey's catchiest number. A behemoth of a rocker.
  153. The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations (2007)
  154. "Everybody leaves so why, why wouldn't you?"
  155. Heart-wrenching chorus that leaves one rather despondent. Which is, I suspect, rather the point.
  156. The Smiths - Cemetry Gates (1986)
  157. "Keats and Yeats are on your side"
  158. Jangly, catchy and morbidly fun.
  159. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (1975)
  160. "The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves, like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays"
  161. A four-minute movie. Never was Springsteen more cinematic.
  162. Billy Bragg and Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key (1998)
  163. "Ain't nobody that can sing like me"
  164. Turns out, Guthrie lyrics, Bragg vocals and Wilco backing make for a stellar combination.
  165. She and Him - This Is Not A Test (2008)
  166. "Ticking numbers never made sense, anyways"
  167. Sounds absolutely gorgeous. Deschanel's vocals suit the mood perfectly.
  168. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (2007)
  169. "Young boys, young girls, ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night"
  170. On an album of downbeat songs, the title track is perhaps most so. Immensely moving.
  171. Elliott Smith - Say Yes (1997)
  172. "I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl"
  173. Another painfully-accurate narrative. The acoustic sound adds to the melancholy.
  174. Soul Asylum - Homesick (1992)
  175. "I'm homesick for a home I never had"
  176. Another classic from Grave Dancers Union, heartbreaking and soul-searching.
  177. The Gaslight Anthem - Here's Looking At You, Kid (2007)
  178. "I used to wait at the diner, a million nights without her, praying she won't cancel again tonight"
  179. Way to destroy my teenage optimism. If Darkness on the Edge of Town hadn't done it, The '59 Sound would've.
  180. Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town
  181. "I'm gonna lose these blues I've found down in lucky town"
  182. Springsteen and optimism make a rare truce.
  183. Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train (1984)
  184. "Now I work down at the car-wash, where all it ever does is rain"
  185. Captivating lyrics, gut-wrenching tune
  186. The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations (2010)
  187. "She was a really cool kisser, and she wasn't all that strict of a Christian"
  188. Where Springsteen meets indie-pop. Impossible to dislike.
  189. U2 - Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of (2000)
  190. "It's just a moment, this time will pass"
  191. U2 at their most poignant.
  192. The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows (Except You) (1997)
  193. "I'll get through to you if it's the last thing that I do"
  194. Neil Hannon at his observant, powerful best.
  195. Oasis - Whatever (1994)
  196. "I'll sing the blues if I want"
  197. Oasis at their most accomplished - rocking and anti-establishment whilst maintaining a wistful tone
  198. The Shins - Girl Inform Me (2001)
  199. "Your clever eyes could easily disguise some backwards purpose, it's enough to make me nervous"
  200. Sublime melodies that rival the Beach Boys matched by the sharpest lyrics of indie
  201. ABBA - Fernando (1975)
  202. "If I had to do the same again, I would, my friend, Fernando"
  203. What ABBA do best: moving lyrics against a perfect pop backing
  204. The National - England (2010)
  205. "Someone send a runner, through the weather that I'm under, for the feeling that I lost today"
  206. Complex emotions and fraught ruminations set against a devilishly complex, desperate musical undercurrent.
  207. Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) (1984)
  208. "How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace?"
  209. Probably the best 'power ballad', Phil at his emotional best
  210. The Divine Comedy - The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count (1999)
  211. "Even when I get hayfever, I find I may sneeze but I don't really mind"
  212. Summery pop inflected with Hannon's trademark wit
  213. They Might Be Giants - Climbing the Walls (2007)
  214. "It got so bad I quit my job, then I got a new job climbing the walls"
  215. Sharp wit and turns of phrase set to an insanely catchy tune.
  216. James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind (1971)
  217. "Can't you see the sun shine? Can't you just feel the moonshine?"
  218. Easy listening shouldn't be this difficult to get through without a tear or two.. an ode to all our personal Carolinas.
  219. Renaud - Je vis caché (2005)
  220. "Pour vivre heureux, je vis caché"
  221. One of the best tracks by a singer-songwriter, catchy yet haunting
  222. Travis - Turn (1999)
  223. "I want to live, I will survive"
  224. The best example of post-Britpop
  225. Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land (1978)
  226. "Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and I believe in a promised land"
  227. Bitingly insincere or endearingly optimistic?
  228. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (1986)
  229. "Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard"
  230. Lovely blend of African melody with distinctly Western lyrics
  231. Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris (2009)
  232. "Only stone and steel accept my love"
  233. Simple conceit, meticulously executed. That trademark Morrissey sound has never sounded better.
  234. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun (1969)
  235. "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter"
  236. Nostalgic, sweet and very melodic. The best of the Beatles
  237. Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets (1975)
  238. "After all this time, to find we're just like all the rest"
  239. Soul-destroying vocal performance here. Bruce never meant what he was saying as much as he did here. You can just tell.
  240. Val Doonican - King Of The Road [c] (can't find accurate year)
  241. "I'm a man of means, by no means king of the road"
  242. One of the great folk songs, Doonican's version is probably the most effective
  243. Barenaked Ladies - Jane (1994)
  244. "Jane, divided but I can't decide which side I'm on"
  245. Smooth, soothing and another sentimental-sarcastic line-walker
  246. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)
  247. "I may not always love you, but long as there are stars above you, you never need to doubt it"
  248. Gorgeous layering and beautiful melodies.
  249. Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant (1977)
  250. "Bottle of white, bottle of red. Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead"
  251. The most epic of Billy's - and a joy to listen to
  252. Blondie - Union City Blue (1979)
  253. "Skyline, passion, Union City Blue"
  254. Somewhere between mainstream and alternative, catchy and powerful
  255. R.E.M. - What's The Frequency Kenneth? (1994)
  256. Richard said "withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy"
  257. R.E.M. rock out - and very, very well
  258. Bruce Springsteen - Incident on 57th Street (1973)
  259. "I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lovers' Lane"
  260. The definitive early Springsteen epic. What a story and what a soundscape.
  261. They Might Be Giants - Don't Let's Start (1986)
  262. "Everyone dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful"
  263. Sad lyrics crossed with joyful rhythm equals another TMBG classic
  264. Billy Joel - The Downeaster "Alexa" (1989)
  265. Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home; too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone"
  266. One of the most underrated Billy ballads, lovely
  267. R.E.M. - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (1984)
  268. "Don't go back to Rockville and waste another year"
  269. A finer example of country than most country artists have ever managed
  270. Barenaked Ladies - Go Home (2000)
  271. "If you need her, you should be there, go home"
  272. Cautionary tale as catchy pop song, something BNL do often but rarely quite as successfully as here
  273. The Shins - So Says I (2003)
  274. "It was nothing like we'd ever dreamt, our lust for life had gone away with the rent"
  275. Splendidly catchy rhythms and fast-paced stream-of-consciousness lyrics make for a superb song
  276. R.E.M. - Endgame
  277. "Ba da da da da la da da ha ha ha"
  278. Elegiac without being mournful; beautiful without ever verging on syrupy-sweet.
  279. They Might Be Giats - I've Got A Match
  280. "I've got a match - your embrace and my collapse"
  281. Beautiful and profound in sentiment, despite its central line being based on a puerile childrens' rhyme..
  282. Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender (1984)
  283. "We learned more from a three-minute record, baby, than we ever learned in school"
  284. The ultimate statement of defiance. Formed a perfect ode to the ties that bind when placed back-to-back on BITUSA with:
  285. Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean (1984)
  286. "I miss you baby, good luck, goodbye, Bobby Jean"
  287. A song that still kills me every damn time.
  288. Vonda Shepard - Confetti (2000)
  289. "My words are like confetti and you never pick them up"
  290. Vocal pop at its polished, pitch-perfect peak.
  291. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - I Don't Want To Go Home (1976)
  292. "Whatever happened with you and I that I don't wanna go home?"
  293. Encapsulates the sound and ethos of the Jersey Shore as well as any Springsteen cut you might care to name.
  294. Interpol - Next Exit (2004)
  295. "We ain't going to the town, we're going to the city"
  296. The soundtrack to moving on. Spiritually, physically, emotionally.
  297. Ellis Paul - The World Ain't Slowing Down (1998)
  298. "Weren't you the kid who just climbed on the merry-go-round?"
  299. Nostalgia, the loss of innocence, and misplaced youth: they always get me, dammit.
  300. Andy Williams - Home Lovin' Man (1970)
  301. "Deep inside it's true, I'm a home-lovin' man, comin' on home to you"
  302. Guess I'm a bit of a sucker for sentimentality in all its forms.. marvellously warm, in heart and tone.

  304. 100 CLOSE-RUNNERS (ALPHABETICALLY)

  306. The 88 - At Least It Was Here
  307. "I can't count the reasons I should stay, one by one they all just fade away"
  308. ABBA - When All Is Said and Done
  309. "Neither you nor I'm to blame when all is said and done"
  310. Adam Again - Stone
  311. "I never really could convince you when I said to leave I meant 'please stay'"
  312. Barenaked Ladies - Celebrity
  313. "All that's left of me is my celebrity"
  314. Barenaked Ladies - Falling for the First Time
  315. "I'm so done, turn me over"
  316. Barenaked Ladies - I Have Learned
  317. "I have learned to live with living with every choice we made"
  318. Barenaked Ladies - In The Car
  319. "In the car, we were waiting for our lives to start their endings"
  320. Barenaked Ladies - Rule The World With Love
  321. "Love will conquer all for one and one for all is fair in love and war"
  322. Barenaked Ladies - Quality
  323. "If you're not down, vote with your feet"
  324. The Beach Boys - Sloop John B.
  325. "Well, I feel so broke-up, I want to go home"
  326. The Beach Boys - When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)
  327. "Will I look back and say that I wished I hadn't done what I did?"
  328. Ben Folds - Landed
  329. "..Until I believed I was the crazy one, and in a way, I guess I was"
  330. Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  331. "Good luck movin' up, 'cos I'm movin' out"
  332. Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young
  333. "Come out Virginia, don't let me wait, you Catholic girls start much too late"
  334. Blondie - Picture This
  335. "You got clouds on your lids and you'd be on the skids if it weren't for your job at the garage"
  336. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
  337. "I wanna shoot the whole day down"
  338. Bruce Springsteen - Rocky Ground
  339. "Rise up, shepherd, rise up; your flock has roamed far from the hills"
  340. Bruce Springsteen - This Life
  341. "I finger the hem of your dress, my universe at rest"
  342. Bruce Springsteen - Ain't Good Enough For You
  343. "Hittin' cool, just like Jimmy Iovine"
  344. Catatonia - Don't Need the Sunshine
  345. "I don't mind your lies, so keep on talking"
  346. Catatonia - I Am The Mob
  347. "Stop blowing the Don, put his kecks back on, 'cos I am the mob"
  348. Catatonia - Londinium
  349. "The black cab roars through the neon disease"
  350. Catatonia - Road Rage
  351. "It's all over the front page, you give me road rage"
  352. Cerys Matthews - Arlington Way
  353. "Nobody said it would be easy"
  354. Cerys Matthews - Blue Light Alarm
  355. "Come hell or high water, you'll be there where I oughta"
  356. Cerys Matthews - Spider and the Fly
  357. "I wanna take the space between us, make it a hundred degrees"
  358. Coconut Records - Easy Girl
  359. "You are an easy girl to love, an easy girl to kiss, an easy girl to miss when you're gone"
  360. Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
  361. "Top to toe in tailbacks, I've got red lights all around"
  362. Coconut Records - Any Fun
  363. "You never had anyone, so I won't let you down"
  364. College - A Real Hero
  365. "You have proved to be a real human being"
  366. Danny and the Champions of the World - Soul in the City
  367. "We're gonna leave this town behind"
  368. Darlene Love - All Alone on Christmas
  369. "The cold wind is blowin' and the streets are gettin' dark.."
  370. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
  371. "Poor old Johnny Ray, sounded sad upon the radio, he moved a million hearts in mono"
  372. The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town
  373. "The salvation army band played, and the children drunk lemonade, and the morning lasted all day"
  374. Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
  375. "So sad that that's the way it's over"
  376. Emmy the Great - We Almost Had A Baby
  377. "Do you think of me when you're playing the one and five in four? Is country music what your life is for?"
  378. Fleetwood Mac - As Long As You Follow
  379. "I'm going to win, I'll beg, seal or borrow"
  380. Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind
  381. "The world was new, beneath a blue umbrella sky"
  382. fun. - All the Pretty Girls
  383. "I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down"
  384. fun. - Be Calm
  385. "I know that it gets so hard sometimes"
  386. fun. - The Gambler
  387. "I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose, I will buy the flower shop"
  388. The Gaslight Anthem - Orphans
  389. "We were orphans before we were ever the sons of regret"
  390. The Gaslight Anthem - Old Haunts
  391. "God help the man who says, 'if you'd've known me when' - old haunts are for forgotten ghosts"
  392. The Gaslight Anthem - Old White Lincoln
  393. "I lit a cigarette on the parking meter"
  394. The Gaslight Anthem - The Patient Ferris Wheel
  395. "Ride on, right on, ferris wheel lights on"
  396. Guided by Voices - Chasing Heather Crazy
  397. "Making sure that all the world is coming down on her"
  398. James - I Know What I'm Here For
  399. "I know what I'm here for, hanging on through late December"
  400. Joe Grushecky - No Strings Attached
  401. "You won't owe me anything and there will be no questions asked"
  402. Kanye West - Devil in a New Dress
  403. "Catchin' feelings, never stumble, retracin' my steps"
  404. Keane - Everybody's Changing
  405. "I try to make a move just to stay in the game, try to stay awake and remember my name"
  406. Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory
  407. "I'm on the edge with you"
  408. The Magic Numbers - I See You, You See Me
  409. "This is not what I'm like this is not what I do, this is not what I'm like, I think I'm falling for you"
  410. Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words
  411. "You said you were in love with me, both of us know that's impossible"
  412. Magnetic Fields - Born On a Train
  413. "I've been making promises I know I'll never keep"
  414. Magnetic Fields - California Girls
  415. "You will hear me say, as the pavement whirls, 'I hate California girls'"
  416. Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
  417. "I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride"
  418. Magnetic Fields - Too Drunk to Dream
  419. "I've gotta drink wine not to pine for you, and God knows that ain't cheap"
  420. Magnetic Fields - You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
  421. "You think you can leave the past behind, you must be out of your mind"
  422. Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind Of Music
  423. "Even if nobody else sings along"
  424. Meat Loaf - Alive
  425. "As long as hot blood runs through my veins, I'm still alive"
  426. Meat Loaf - Blind As A Bat
  427. "The final words on the final page, will be your name 'cos I believe"
  428. Meat Loaf - It Just Won't Quit
  429. "Is it richer than diamonds, or just a little cheaper than shit?"
  430. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
  431. "Let me sleep on it, baby, baby, let me sleep on it"
  432. Meat Loaf - What About Love
  433. "That happens once, only once in a lifetime"
  434. Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
  435. "Every day is silent and grey"
  436. The National - Conversation 16
  437. "I was afraid I'd eat your brains 'cos I'm evil"
  438. The National - Mr. November
  439. "I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr November"
  440. The National - Sorrow
  441. "Cover me in rag-and-bone sympathy 'cos I don't wanna get over you"
  442. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
  443. "So, Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as she's walking on by"
  444. Patrick Wolf - House
  445. "I love this house, gives me the greatest peace I've ever known"
  446. R.E.M. - Driver 8 (1985)
  447. "We can reach our destination, but it's still a ways away"
  448. R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath
  449. "Turn on the TV, and what do I see? A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me, wow!"
  450. R.E.M. - Time After Time (Annelise)
  451. "If your friends took a fall, are you obligated to follow?"
  452. R.E.M. - Wall of Death [c]
  453. "You are going nowhere when you ride on the carousel, and maybe you're strong, but what's the use of ringing a bell?"
  454. R.E.M. - Nightswimming (1992)
  455. "The photograph reflects every streetlight, a reminder nightswimming deserves a quiet night"
  456. R.E.M. - Find the River
  457. "Bergamot and vetiver run through my head and fall away"
  458. R.E.M. - Perfect Circle
  459. "Heaven assumed, shoulders high in the room"
  460. R.E.M. - Imitation of Life (2001)
  461. "Charades, pop skill, water hyacinth named by a poet, imitation of life"
  462. Ronnie Milsap - A Legend In My Time [c]
  463. "If they gave gold statuettes for tears and regrets, I'd be a legend in my time"
  464. The Shins - Kissing the Lipless
  465. "Secretly I want to bury in the yard, the grey remains of a friendship scarred"
  466. Sia - Breathe Me
  467. "I am small, I'm needy, warm me up, breathe me"
  468. Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Love On The Wrong Side Of Town
  469. "Our love is tumbling down, I can't be hanging around"
  470. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
  471. "To die by your side; well, the pleasure, the privelege is mine"
  472. Soul Asylum - Misery
  473. "We could start a company, make misery - Frustrated, Incorporated"
  474. Soul Asylum - Without A Trace
  475. "Standing in the sun with a popsicle, anything is possible"
  476. Steven Page - Clifton Springs
  477. "It's an old wound but it opened in a new way"
  478. Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio
  479. "Sorry for never going by your door, never feeling love like that anymore"
  480. They Might Be Giants - Experimental Film (2004)
  481. "Even though I can't explain it, I already know how great it is"
  482. They Might Be Giants - Destination Moon
  483. "Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse, but you see, there's nothing wrong with me"
  484. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
  485. "Make a hole with a gun perpendicular to the name of this town on a desktop globe.."
  486. They Might Be Giants - Out of Jail
  487. "Long before the screen door slammed.."
  488. They Might Be Giants - Mr. Me
  489. "He ended up sad, he ended up sad, he ended up really, really, really sad"
  490. They Might Be Giants - Can't Keep Johnny Down
  491. "All of the dicks in this dick town can't keep Johnny down"
  492. They Might Be Giants - Canajoharie
  493. "Where a rocket-ship experiment went awry, when the prototype exploded on the launching site"
  494. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Free Fallin'
  495. "She's a good girl, crazy' bout Elvis, loves Jesus and America too"
  496. U2 - Angel of Harlem
  497. "It was a cold and wet December day when we struck the ground at JFK"
  498. Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles
  499. "I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight"
  500. Vonda Shepard - Ask the Lonely [c]
  501. "They know the hurt and pain"
  502. Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart
  503. "If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less, keep me in your heart for a while"
  504. Weezer - Island In The Sun
  505. "When you're on a golden sea, you don't need no memory"

  506. MORE FROM MY FAVOURITES

  508. Bruce Springsteen: full top 100 Bruce Springsteen songs (a whole lot of these make the top 1000, at least the top 50)
  509. R.E.M.: full top 100 R.E.M. songs (all of the top 50 make the top 1000)
  510. Barenaked Ladies: full top 50 Barenaked Ladies songs (all make the top 1000)
  511. They Might Be Giants: full top 100 They Might Be Giants tracks (all of the top 50 make the top 1000)

  512. THE REST, ALPHABETICALLY

  513. ABBA

  514. Angeleyes
  515. Chiquitita
  516. The Day Before You Came
  517. Does Your Mother Know?
  518. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  519. Lay All Your Love On Me
  520. One of Us
  521. Our Last Summer
  522. Ring Ring
  523. So Long
  524. Super Trouper
  525. Take A Chance On Me
  526. Under Attack
  527. Waterloo
  528. The Winner Takes It All

  529. ADRIENNE PIERCE

  530. Arizona

  531. A-HA

  532. Take On Me

  533. ALAN JACKSON

  534. Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)

  535. ALICE BAND

  536. One Day At A Time

  537. ANDREW GOLD

  538. The Final Frontier

  539. ANDY ABRAHAM

  540. The Greatest Love of All [c]

  541. ANDY WILLIAMS

  542. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

  543. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE

  544. My Girls

  545. ANIMALS

  546. House of the Rising Sun

  547. ANNIE

  548. It's the Hard-Knock Life

  549. APOLLO SUNSHINE

  550. Eyes

  551. ASH

  552. Burn Baby Burn

  553. AYA HIRANO

  554. SOS Dara Naijoubu!

  555. BAND AID

  556. Do They Know It's Christmas?

  557. BARRY LOUIS POLISAR

  558. All I Want Is You

  559. BARRY MANILOW

  560. I Made It Through The Rain

  561. BEACH BOYS

  562. All Summer Long
  563. California Girls
  564. Dance Dance Dance
  565. Do It Again
  566. Don't Worry Baby
  567. Fun Fun Fun
  568. Good Vibrations
  569. Help Me Rhonda
  570. I Can Hear Music
  571. I Get Around
  572. Kokomo
  573. The Little Girl I Once Knew
  574. Little Saint Nick
  575. Surfin' USA
  576. Then I Kissed Her
  577. You're So Good To Me

  578. BEATLES

  579. All You Need Is Love
  580. The Ballad of John & Yoko
  581. Eleanor Rigby
  582. Hello Goodbye
  583. Hey Jude
  584. Let It Be
  585. The Long & Winding Road
  586. Paperback Writer
  587. Penny Lane
  588. Please Please Me
  589. Something

  590. BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

  591. Don't Marry Her
  592. Rotterdam

  593. BECCA KAID

  594. Where Have You Been?

  595. BEE GEES

  596. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  597. You Win Again

  598. BELLAMY BROTHERS

  599. If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body

  600. BEN E KING

  601. Stand By Me

  602. BEN FOLDS

  603. The Luckiest

  604. BETA BAND

  605. Dry The Rain

  606. BETTER THAN EZRA

  607. A Lifetime

  608. BILLY BRAGG & WILCO

  609. California Stars
  610. Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key

  611. BILLY COULTER

  612. It's Christmas Day

  613. BILLY JOEL

  614. All About Soul (Remix)
  615. Allentown
  616. An Innocent Man
  617. And So It Goes
  618. Captain Jack
  619. Everybody Loves You Now
  620. Goodnight Saigon
  621. Honesty
  622. An Innocent Man
  623. Just the Way You Are
  624. Leningrad
  625. The Longest Time
  626. My Life
  627. The River of Dreams
  628. Sleeping With The Television On
  629. Tell Her About It
  630. This Is The Time To Remember
  631. We Didn't Start The Fire
  632. You May Be Right

  633. BLACK

  634. Wonderful Life

  635. BLONDIE

  636. Call Me
  637. Maria
  638. Sunday Girl

  639. BLUE MINK

  640. Banner Man

  641. BLUR

  642. Country House

  643. BOB DYLAN

  644. Blowin' In The Wind
  645. Desolation Row
  646. It Ain't Me Babe
  647. Like A Rolling Stone
  648. Mr. Tambourine Man
  649. Rainy Day Women, Nos. 12 and 35

  650. BON JOVI

  651. Livin' On A Prayer

  652. BONNIE TYLER

  653. Total Eclipse of the Heart

  654. BOOMTOWN RATS

  655. Rat Trap

  656. BOSTON

  657. More than a Feeling

  658. BOYZONE

  659. All That I Need
  660. A Different Beat
  661. Key to My Life

  662. BREAD

  663. Dismal Day
  664. Everything I Own

  665. BREE SHARP

  666. David Duchovny

  667. BRIAN & MICHAEL

  668. Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats & Dogs

  669. THE BRILLIANT GREEN

  670. Rainy Days Never Stays
  671. Day After Day

  672. BROOKS & DUNN

  673. Only In America

  674. BRYAN ADAMS

  675. Cloud Number Nine
  676. East Side Story
  677. This Side of Paradise

  678. BUTTHOLE SURFERS

  679. Dracula from Houston

  680. BUZZCOCKS

  681. Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)

  682. BYRDS

  683. Mr. Tambourine Man [c]
  684. Turn, Turn, Turn..

  685. CALIFORNIA ORANGES

  686. Falling Back

  687. CALLING

  688. Whereever You Will Go

  689. CARBON LEAF

  690. American Tale
  691. Blue Ridge Laughing
  692. Desperation Song
  693. Mary Mac
  694. On Any Given Day

  695. CARPENTERS

  696. Superstar

  697. CASUALS

  698. Jesamine

  699. CATATONIA

  700. Bleed
  701. Jump or Be Sane
  702. Mulder and Scully
  703. Strange Glue
  704. You've Got A Lot To Answer For

  705. CEE LO GREEN

  706. Fuck You

  707. CERYS MATTHEWS

  708. Into the Blue
  709. It's What's Left (That Makes It Right)
  710. Open Roads
  711. Streets of New York

  712. CHAGE & ASKA

  713. Castles In The Air
  714. The River

  715. CHILDISH GAMBINO

  716. All the Shine
  717. Bonfire
  718. Fire Fly
  719. Kids (Keep Up)

  720. CHRIS DE BURGH

  721. A Spaceman Came Travelling

  722. CINDY BULLENS

  723. It's Raining on Prom Night

  724. CITIZEN KING

  725. Better Days

  726. CLOUT

  727. Substitute

  728. COCONUT RECORDS

  729. Back to You
  730. Mama
  731. Minding My Own Business
  732. Nighttiming
  733. Saint Jerome
  734. The Thanks I Get

  735. COLIN HAY

  736. Beautiful World
  737. Overkill

  738. COLLEGE

  739. A Real Hero

  740. COMMUNARDS

  741. Don't Leave Me This Way

  742. CONJURE ONE

  743. Extraordinary Way

  744. CORRS

  745. Humdrum
  746. So Young
  747. Summer Sunshine

  748. COSMIC GATE

  749. Exploration of Space

  750. COUNTING CROWS

  751. American Girls
  752. Big Yellow Taxi
  753. Hanginaround
  754. I Wish I Was A Girl
  755. Mrs. Potter's Lullaby

  756. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

  757. Bad Moon Rising

  758. CURE

  759. Friday I'm In Love
  760. Just Like Heaven

  761. DANIEL POWTER

  762. Bad Day
  763. Jimmy Gets High

  764. DANNY AND THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD

  765. Can't Hold Back
  766. Heart and Arrow
  767. On the Street
  768. You Don't Know (My Heart is in the Right Place)

  769. DARKER MY LOVE

  770. Snow is Falling

  771. DARLENE LOVE

  772. All Alone on Christmas
  773. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  774. Marshmallow World

  775. DAVID BOWIE

  776. Life On Mars

  777. DECEMBERISTS

  778. 16 Military Wives
  779. Sons & Daughters
  780. Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)

  781. DEEP BLUE SOMETHING

  782. Breakfast at Tiffany's

  783. DEERHOOF

  784. Wrong Time Capsule

  785. DEVO

  786. Uncontrollable Urge

  787. DIE ÄRZTE

  788. Heurelei
  789. Lied vom Schietern
  790. Lasse redn
  791. Perfekt
  792. Vorbei ist Vorbei

  793. DIVINE COMEDY

  794. National Express

  795. DIXIE CHICKS

  796. Not Ready to Make Nice
  797. Top of the World

  798. DOLLY PARTON

  799. Here You Come Again

  800. DON HENLEY

  801. New York Minute

  802. DON MCLEAN

  803. Vincent

  804. DONOVAN

  805. Wear Your Love Like Heaven

  806. EAGLE-EYE CHERRY

  807. Been Here Once Before

  808. EAGLES

  809. Desperado
  810. Take It To The Limit

  811. EELS

  812. Fresh Feeling

  813. EL PERRO DEL MAR

  814. Dog

  815. ELAINE PAIGE + BARBARA DICKSON

  816. I Know Him So Well

  817. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA

  818. Can't Get It Out Of My Head
  819. Mr. Blue Sky
  820. Rockaria!
  821. Strange Magic

  822. ELLIE CAMPBELL

  823. So Many Ways

  824. ELLIOTT SMITH

  825. Needle in the Hay
  826. Say Yes

  827. ELTON JOHN

  828. Are You Ready For Love?
  829. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  830. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
  831. Sacrifice
  832. Step Into Christmas

  833. ELVIS COSTELLO

  834. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding

  835. ELVIS PRESLEY

  836. In The Ghetto
  837. Suspicious Minds
  838. Viva Las Vegas

  839. EMMY THE GREAT

  840. 24
  841. Absentee
  842. Christmas Day (I Wish I Was Surfing) (with Tim Wheeler)
  843. Home for the Holidays (with Tim Wheeler)

  844. ERIC CLAPTON

  845. Tears In Heaven

  846. ERIC CHURCH

  847. Springsteen

  848. EVERLY BROTHERS

  849. (All I Have To Do Is) Dream

  850. FALL

  851. Hark The Herald Angels Sing [c]
  852. Industrial Estate
  853. No Xmas For John Quays
  854. Wings

  855. FEELING

  856. I Love It When You Call

  857. FISHER

  858. I Will Love You

  859. FLAMING LIPS

  860. Do You Realise??

  861. FLEETWOOD MAC

  862. Everywhere
  863. Go Your Own Way
  864. Hold Me
  865. Little Lies
  866. Say You Love Me
  867. Seven Wonders
  868. You Make Loving Fun

  869. FLYING PICKETS

  870. Only You

  871. THE FORMAT

  872. The Compromise
  873. She Doesn't Get It
  874. Time Bomb

  875. FOSTER THE PEOPLE

  876. Pumped Up Kicks

  877. FOUNDATIONS

  878. Build Me Up Buttercup

  879. FOUR SEASONS

  880. December '63 (Oh What A Night)

  881. FRANCIS DUNNERY

  882. Good Life

  883. FRANK SINATRA

  884. New York, New York
  885. They Can't Take That Away From Me

  886. FRANK ZAPPA

  887. Orange County Lumber Truck

  888. FRANKIE AVALON

  889. Beauty School Dropout

  890. FRANZ FERDINAND

  891. Matinee

  892. THE FRAY

  893. How To Save A Life

  894. FREDA PAYNE

  895. Band of Gold

  896. FREDDIE MERCURY

  897. Barcelona

  898. FRIENDLY INDIANS

  899. I Know You Know

  900. FUN.

  901. Barlights
  902. I Wanna Be The One
  903. Out on the Town
  904. Walking the Dog
  905. We Are Young
  906. Why Am I The One?

  907. G TOM MAC

  908. Half

  909. GARY GLITTER

  910. Another Rock'n'Roll Christmas

  911. GARY U.S. BONDS

  912. Soul Deep

  913. GASLIGHT ANTHEM

  914. The Backseat
  915. Boxer
  916. Bring It On
  917. Drive
  918. High Lonesome
  919. I Coulda Been a Contender
  920. The Queen of Lower Chelsea

  921. GEOFF BYRD

  922. Frozen
  923. I'm In Love
  924. I Will Be There
  925. Plasti-Queens
  926. Parasol
  927. Silver Plated

  928. GEORGE MICHAEL

  929. Careless Whisper

  930. GERRY RAFFERTY

  931. Baker Street

  932. GLEN CAMPBELL

  933. Rhinestone Cowboy

  934. GOLDFINGER

  935. Superman

  936. GREEN DAY

  937. Minority

  938. GREG LAKE

  939. I Believe In Father Christmas

  940. GRIFFIN HOUSE

  941. The Guy That Says Goodbye To You Is Out Of His Mind

  942. GROOVE ARMADA

  943. At the River

  944. GUIDED BY VOICES

  945. Back to the Lake
  946. The Best of Jill Hives
  947. Bulldog Skin
  948. Don't Stop Now
  949. Exit Flagger
  950. Glad Girls
  951. Motor Away
  952. The Official Ironmen Rally Song
  953. Teenage FBI

  954. GUNS 'N' ROSES

  955. November Rain

  956. HANSON

  957. Smile

  958. HEART

  959. Alone

  960. HEM

  961. Not California

  962. HORRIBLE CROWES

  963. Behold the Hurricane

  964. HOT CHOCOLATE

  965. I'll Put You Together Again

  966. HOUSEMARTINS

  967. Happy Hour

  968. HUMAN LEAGUE

  969. Don't You Want Me
  970. Together In Electric Dreams

  971. HUMATE

  972. Love Simulation
  973. Love Simulation (Paul Van Dyk mix)

  974. HYBRID

  975. Finished Symphony

  976. I MONSTER

  977. Daydream In Blue

  978. I'M FROM BARCELONA

  979. The Painter

  980. ISRAEL KAMAKIWIWO'OLE

  981. Over the Rainbow

  982. JACK JOHNSON

  983. Fortunate Fool

  984. JAM

  985. Going Underground

  986. JAMES

  987. Sit Down

  988. JAMES BLUNT

  989. High

  990. JAMIE CULLUM

  991. Everlasting Love

  992. JARS OF CLAY

  993. Dead Man (Carry Me)

  994. JASON DOWNS ft. MILK

  995. White Boy with a Feather

  996. JEFF BUCKLEY

  997. Corpus Christi Carol
  998. Last Goodbye
  999. So Real

  1000. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

  1001. Embryonic Journey

  1002. JEREMY KAY

  1003. Have It All

  1004. JIGSAW

  1005. Sky High

  1006. JOE FAGIN

  1007. That's Livin' Alright

  1008. JOE GRUSHECKY

  1009. A Good Life
  1010. Billy's Waltz
  1011. Chain Smokin'
  1012. Coming Down Maria
  1013. Dark and Bloody Ground
  1014. Homestead
  1015. Labour of Love
  1016. Never Be Enough Time
  1017. Only Lovers Left Alive

  1018. JOHN LENNON

  1019. Imagine
  1020. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
  1021. (Just Like) Starting Over
  1022. Woman

  1023. JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

  1024. Summer Nights
  1025. We Go Together

  1026. JOHN WILLIAMS

  1027. Carol of the Bells

  1028. JOHNNY CASH

  1029. I Hung My Head

  1030. JONA LEWIE

  1031. Stop the Cavalry

  1032. JOSE FELICIANO

  1033. Feliz Navidad

  1034. JOSH ROUSE

  1035. It Looks Like Love

  1036. JOSHUA RADIN

  1037. Winter

  1038. JOURNEY

  1039. Any Way You Want It
  1040. Remember Me

  1041. JOY DIVISION

  1042. Love Will Tear Us Apart

  1043. JULEE CRUISE

  1044. Falling

  1045. JULIAN LENNON

  1046. Saltwater

  1047. KANYE WEST

  1048. All of the Lights
  1049. Power
  1050. Runaway

  1051. KATE BUSH

  1052. Wuthering Heights

  1053. KEANE

  1054. Better Than This
  1055. Can't Stop Now
  1056. The Lovers Are Losing
  1057. Nothing In My Way
  1058. Perfect Symmetry
  1059. Somewhere Only We Know
  1060. Spiralling
  1061. Stop for a Minute
  1062. This Is The Last Time

  1063. KILLERS

  1064. Mr. Brightside
  1065. Spaceman
  1066. This River Is Wild
  1067. When You Were Young

  1068. KIMYA DAWSON

  1069. Loose Lips
  1070. So Nice So Smart
  1071. Tire Swing

  1072. KINKS

  1073. A Well Respected Man
  1074. Days
  1075. Waterloo Sunset
  1076. You Really Got Me

  1077. KIRSTY MACCOLL

  1078. Sun On The Water

  1079. KRAFTWERK

  1080. The Model

  1081. KT TUNSTALL

  1082. Suddenly I See

  1083. KULA SHAKER

  1084. Hush

  1085. LADY GAGA

  1086. Bad Romance
  1087. Hair
  1088. Just Dance
  1089. Paparazzi
  1090. Poker Face

  1091. LANGLEY SCHOOLS MUSIC PROJECT

  1092. You're So Good To Me

  1093. LA'S

  1094. There She Goes

  1095. LAZLO BANE

  1096. Superman

  1097. LEIGH NASH

  1098. Angel Tonight

  1099. LESS THAN JAKE

  1100. The Rest of My Life

  1101. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY

  1102. High

  1103. LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM

  1104. Holiday Road

  1105. LOLLY

  1106. Per Sempre Amore (Forever In Love)

  1107. LOS CAMPESINOS!

  1108. Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats
  1109. Death to Los Campesinos!
  1110. Don't Tell Me To Do The Math(s)
  1111. My Year In Lists
  1112. Straight In At 101

  1113. LOU REED

  1114. Perfect Day

  1115. M. WARD

  1116. Epistemology

  1117. MAC DAVIS

  1118. Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

  1119. MADNESS

  1120. Lovestruck

  1121. MADONNA

  1122. Material Girl

  1123. THE MAGIC KIDS

  1124. Phone
  1125. Super Ball

  1126. THE MAGIC NUMBERS

  1127. A Start With No Ending
  1128. Forever Lost
  1129. Love Me Like You
  1130. Love's A Game
  1131. Mornings Eleven
  1132. Which Way To Happy

  1133. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS

  1134. A Pretty Girl Is Like..
  1135. Andrew in Drag
  1136. Busby Berkeley Dreams
  1137. Come Back from San Francisco
  1138. I Don't Believe You
  1139. I Don't Really Love You Anymore
  1140. I Looked All Over Town
  1141. I Think I Need A New Heart
  1142. If There's Such A Thing As Love
  1143. If You Don't Cry
  1144. It's A Crime
  1145. Kiss Me Like You Mean It
  1146. Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
  1147. The Nun's Litany
  1148. The One You Really Love
  1149. Papa was a Rodeo
  1150. Promises of Eternity
  1151. Seduced and Abandoned
  1152. The Sun Goes Down and the World Goes Dancing
  1153. Sweet-Lovin' Man
  1154. Washington DC
  1155. When My Boy Walks Down The Street
  1156. Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

  1157. MAMAS & PAPAS

  1158. California Dreamin'
  1159. It's Getting Better [Mama Cass]

  1160. MANFRED MANN

  1161. The Mighty Quinn

  1162. MANIC STREET PREACHERS

  1163. A Design For Life
  1164. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
  1165. Tsunami

  1166. MARAH

  1167. Christmas With the Snow
  1168. New York Is A Christmas Kind of Town

  1169. MARC COHN

  1170. Walking in Memphis

  1171. MARILLION

  1172. Kayleigh

  1173. MARVIN GAYE

  1174. I Heard It Through The Grapevine

  1175. MASON WILLIAMS

  1176. Classical Gas

  1177. MATT WERTZ

  1178. The Way I Feel

  1179. MEAT LOAF

  1180. Bad For Good
  1181. Cry Over Me
  1182. If God Could Talk
  1183. I Would Do Anything For Love
  1184. Prize Fight Lover
  1185. Read 'Em and Weep
  1186. You Took The Words

  1187. MELANIE THORNTON

  1188. Wonderful Dream

  1189. MELISSA MCCLELLAND

  1190. Iroquois St. Factory

  1191. MEME

  1192. Look Into My Eyes

  1193. MICHAEL JACKSON

  1194. Beat It
  1195. Billie Jean
  1196. Dirty Diana
  1197. Human Nature
  1198. Man in the Mirror
  1199. Smooth Criminal

  1200. MIKA

  1201. Grace Kelly

  1202. MIKE CURB CONGREGATION

  1203. Burning Bridges

  1204. MIKE MILLS & SALLY ELLYSON

  1205. Jesus Christ

  1206. MIKE OLDFIELD

  1207. In Dulce Jubilo
  1208. Moonlight Shadow

  1209. MOCK TURTLES

  1210. Can You Dig It?

  1211. MODEST MOUSE

  1212. Float On

  1213. MOLDY PEACHES

  1214. Anyone Else But You

  1215. MONKEES

  1216. Daydream Believer

  1217. MORRISSEY

  1218. All You Need Is Me
  1219. Alma Matters
  1220. I'm OK By Myself
  1221. Irish Blood, English Heart
  1222. One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
  1223. You Have Killed Me

  1224. MOTT THE HOOPLE

  1225. All The Young Dudes

  1226. MUD

  1227. Lonely This Christmas

  1228. NATIONAL

  1229. Anyone's Ghost
  1230. Bloodbuzz Ohio
  1231. Fake Empire
  1232. Runaway

  1233. NEW RADICALS

  1234. You Get What You Give

  1235. NEIL YOUNG

  1236. My My, Hey Hey / Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue/Into the Black)
  1237. Like A Hurricane
  1238. Sail Away
  1239. Thrasher

  1240. NIL LARA

  1241. Fighting for My Love

  1242. NILS LOFREGN

  1243. Yankee Stadium

  1244. NO DOUBT

  1245. Don't Speak
  1246. New

  1247. OASIS

  1248. Little by Little
  1249. Live Forever
  1250. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
  1251. Wonderwall

  1252. OCEAN COLOUR SCENE

  1253. The Day We Caught The Train

  1254. OF MONTREAL

  1255. Disconnect the Dots

  1256. OPM

  1257. Heaven Is A Halfpipe

  1258. ORSON

  1259. No Tomorrow

  1260. PATRICK WOLF

  1261. The City

  1262. PATSY CLINE

  1263. Crazy
  1264. I Fall To Pieces

  1265. PAUL MCCARTNEY

  1266. Maybe I'm Amazed

  1267. PAUL SIMON

  1268. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes

  1269. PEARL JAM

  1270. Man of the Hour

  1271. PERRY COMO

  1272. Christmas Dream

  1273. PET SHOP BOYS

  1274. Always On My Mind [c]

  1275. PETER SARSTEDT

  1276. Where Do You Go To My Lovely?

  1277. PHIL COLLINS

  1278. A Groovy Kind of Love
  1279. Another Day in Paradise
  1280. Easy Lover
  1281. I Wish It Would Rain Down
  1282. One More Night
  1283. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
  1284. True Colours
  1285. Two Hearts
  1286. You Can't Hurry Love

  1287. POGUES FT. KIRSTY MACCOLL

  1288. All The Tears That I Cried

  1289. POLICE

  1290. Every Breath You Take
  1291. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

  1292. POLYPHONIC SPREE

  1293. Section 7: Hanging Around The Day, pt. 2
  1294. Section 8: Soldier Girl
  1295. Section 12: Hold Me Now
  1296. Section 16: One Man Show
  1297. Section 22: Running Away
  1298. Section 24: The Fragile Army
  1299. Section 27: Mental Cabaret
  1300. Section 28: Guaranteed Nightlite
  1301. Section 30: Watch us Explode (Justify)
  1302. Life My Way
  1303. Lithium
  1304. Sonic Bloom

  1305. PRETENDERS

  1306. 2000 Miles
  1307. Angel of the Morning
  1308. Back on the Chain Gang

  1309. PRIMAL SCREAM

  1310. Movin' On Up

  1311. PRINCE

  1312. 1999

  1313. PROCLAIMERS

  1314. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
  1315. Letter From America

  1316. PROCUL HARUM

  1317. A Whiter Shade of Pale

  1318. PULP

  1319. Common People

  1320. PUSH STARS

  1321. Drunk Is Better Than Dead

  1322. QUEEN

  1323. Bohemian Rhapsody
  1324. Killer Queen
  1325. Somebody To Love
  1326. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
  1327. Under Pressure
  1328. You're My Best Friend

  1329. RADIOHEAD

  1330. No Surprises

  1331. RAMONES

  1332. My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)

  1333. RAZORLIGHT

  1334. America

  1335. RECLINER

  1336. Leaving Hollywood

  1337. REEL BIG FISH

  1338. Good Thing

  1339. REMBRANDTS

  1340. I'll Be There For You

  1341. RENAUD

  1342. Manhattan-Kaboul

  1343. REPLACEMENTS

  1344. Bastards of Young

  1345. RICHARD CHEESE

  1346. Christmas in Las Vegas

  1347. RINGO STARR

  1348. Photograph

  1349. RIVO DREI

  1350. She Amazed Me

  1351. ROBBIE WILLIAMS

  1352. Come Undone
  1353. Let Love Be Your Energy
  1354. No Regrets
  1355. Strong
  1356. Supreme

  1357. ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

  1358. Science Fiction/Double Feature

  1359. ROGER WHITTAKER

  1360. Durham Town
  1361. I Don't Believe In If Anymore
  1362. New World In The Morning
  1363. Streets of London

  1364. ROLLING STONES

  1365. You Can't Always Get What You Want

  1366. RONALD REED JACKSON

  1367. Cold New Orleans Rain

  1368. RONETTES

  1369. Be My Baby

  1370. ROY ORBISON

  1371. In Dreams
  1372. Oh, Pretty Woman
  1373. Only The Lonely
  1374. Running Scared

  1375. ROY ROGERS

  1376. Don't Fence Me In

  1377. RUBETTES

  1378. Sugar Baby Love

  1379. SAM PHILLIPS

  1380. Where The Colours Don't Go

  1381. SAMBASSADEUR

  1382. The Park

  1383. SARAH GUTHRIE & ATHENS COUNTY RUFFIANS

  1384. I'm All Right

  1385. SCOOCH

  1386. The Best Is Yet To Come
  1387. More Than I Needed to Know

  1388. SHAKIN' STEVENS

  1389. Merry Christmas Everyone

  1390. SHA-NA-NA

  1391. Tears On My Pillow

  1392. SHAWN MULLINS

  1393. All In My Head

  1394. SHE AND HIM

  1395. I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
  1396. In the Sun
  1397. Sentimental Heart

  1398. SHINS

  1399. Caring is Creepy
  1400. Know Your Onion!
  1401. The Past and Pending
  1402. Phantom Limb
  1403. Saint Simon
  1404. They'll Soon Discover
  1405. Turn a Square

  1406. SHIRELLES

  1407. Will You Love Me Tomorrow

  1408. SIMON & GARFUNKEL

  1409. America
  1410. The Boxer
  1411. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  1412. Homeward Bound
  1413. I Am A Rock
  1414. Sound of Silence

  1415. SIMPLE MINDS

  1416. Don't You Forget About Me

  1417. SIMPSONS

  1418. Every Summer With You [c]
  1419. Funny How Time Slips Away [c]
  1420. Sibling Rivalry

  1421. SISTER HAZEL

  1422. Your Mistake

  1423. SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER

  1424. Kiss Me

  1425. SLADE

  1426. Cum On Feel The Noize
  1427. Far Far Away
  1428. Merry Christmas Everybody

  1429. THE SMITHS

  1430. Cemetry Gates
  1431. This Charming Man

  1432. SNOW PATROL

  1433. Chasing Cars

  1434. SOFT CELL

  1435. Tainted Love

  1436. SOLIDS

  1437. Hey Beautiful

  1438. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES

  1439. Hearts of Stone
  1440. I Played the Fool
  1441. Next to You
  1442. Take It Inside
  1443. This Time Baby's Gone For Good
  1444. This Time It's For Real
  1445. Without Love

  1446. SPANDAU BALLET

  1447. True

  1448. SQUEEZE

  1449. Up the Junction

  1450. STATUS QUO + MADDY PRYOR

  1451. All Around My Hat

  1452. STEELEYE SPAN

  1453. Gaudete

  1454. STEREOPHONICS

  1455. Pick A Part That's New

  1456. STEVE BROOKSTEIN

  1457. Against All Odds [c]

  1458. STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL

  1459. Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

  1460. STEVEN PAGE

  1461. Entourage
  1462. If You Love Me
  1463. Indecision
  1464. Leave Her Alone
  1465. Queen of America

  1466. STEVIE NICKS

  1467. After The Glitter Fades

  1468. STEVIE WONDER

  1469. I Just Called To Say I Love You
  1470. Lately
  1471. Superstition

  1472. STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK

  1473. Incense and Peppermints

  1474. STRAWBS

  1475. Part of the Union

  1476. STROKE 9

  1477. Washin' and Wonderin'

  1478. SUGAR RAY

  1479. Every Morning
  1480. Words to Me

  1481. SUPERGRASS

  1482. Alright

  1483. SURVIVOR

  1484. Eye of the Tiger

  1485. TAMMY WYNETTE

  1486. Divorce

  1487. TEARS FOR FEARS

  1488. Head Over Heels
  1489. Mad World

  1490. TETSUYA KOMURO

  1491. Kimono Beat

  1492. TEXAS

  1493. Summer Son

  1494. THUNDERCLAP NEWMAN

  1495. Something In The Air

  1496. TIM MINCHIN

  1497. Context
  1498. The Fence
  1499. If You Really Loved Me
  1500. Rock 'n' Roll Nerd
  1501. Some People Have It Worse Than I

  1502. TIRED PONY

  1503. Dead American Writers

  1504. TOADSUCK SYMPHONY

  1505. Here Comes The Sun

  1506. TOM JONES

  1507. I'm Coming Home

  1508. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS

  1509. American Girl
  1510. Christmas All Over Again
  1511. Don't Come Around Here No More
  1512. Even the Losers
  1513. I Won't Back Down
  1514. Listen To Her Heart

  1515. TOMMY TUTONE

  1516. 867-5309 (Jenny)

  1517. TONY CHRISTIE

  1518. Avenues and Alleyways
  1519. Daddy, Don't You Walk So Fast
  1520. I Did What I Did For Maria
  1521. Las Vegas
  1522. Vienna Sunday

  1523. T'PAU

  1524. China In Your Hand

  1525. TRAVELLING WILBURYS

  1526. End of the Line

  1527. TRAVIS

  1528. Flowers In The Window
  1529. Side
  1530. Tied to the '90s
  1531. We Are Monkeys

  1532. U2

  1533. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  1534. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
  1535. One
  1536. Pride (In the Name of Love)
  1537. Sweetest Thing
  1538. With or Without You

  1539. ULTRAVOX

  1540. Vienna

  1541. UNDERTONES

  1542. Teenage Kicks

  1543. UNDERWORLD

  1544. Born Slippy

  1545. VAL DOONICAN

  1546. Elsuive Butterfly
  1547. If I Knew Then What I Know Now
  1548. King of the Road [c]
  1549. Two Streets
  1550. Walk Tall
  1551. What Would I Be

  1552. VERACOCHA

  1553. Carte Blanche

  1554. VERVE

  1555. Bitter Sweet Symphony

  1556. VONDA SHEPARD

  1557. Baby Don't You Break My Heart Slow [c]
  1558. The End of the World
  1559. Hooked On A Feeling
  1560. I Know Him By Heart
  1561. Neighbourhood
  1562. Rainy Days
  1563. Read Your Mind
  1564. Searchin' My Soul
  1565. Someone You Use
  1566. This Is Crazy Now
  1567. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) [c]
  1568. Walk Away Renee [c]
  1569. The Wildest Times of the World
  1570. You Belong To Me

  1571. WEEPIES

  1572. Gotta Have You
  1573. Happiness

  1574. WEEZER

  1575. Buddy Holly

  1576. "WEIRD AL" YANKOVIC

  1577. Amish Paradise
  1578. Christmas At Ground Zero
  1579. Couch Potato
  1580. Don't Download This Song
  1581. eBay
  1582. Everything You Know Is Wrong
  1583. Frank's 2000" TV
  1584. Hardware Store
  1585. The Night Santa Went Crazy

  1586. WHITE PLAINS

  1587. When You Are A King

  1588. WHO

  1589. Baba O'Riley
  1590. Can't Explain

  1591. WIRE

  1592. Outdoor Miner

  1593. WIZZARD

  1594. Angel Fingers
  1595. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
Martin198311/24/2006

Well, I'm enjoying it so far.

Out of interest, do you already have the 1000 written somewhere else (so it's just a matter of copying and pasting), or are you making the list up as you go along?

Not that I'm nitpicking or putting you down, but did you mean to put You're So Good To Me in the Beach Boys camp, and not the Beatles'?

Martin198311/24/2006

Also, technically, Denis by Blondie is a cover of a much older and slower song called Denise, and I believe that Sunday Girl was also a cover. They do them so well, you'd be forgiven for thinking they were originals.

flfrleta11/25/2006

Sunday Girl is a Blondie original.

My own favorite is In The Flesh.

Wezzo11/25/2006

Thanks for the tips, guys,

Martin198311/25/2006

Oh yes, sorry. It is original. I must've been thinking of the Tide is High or Hanging on the Telephone.

Wezzo11/25/2006

No, I don't have the 1000 written down, I'm just making it up as I go along. 1000 is a rough estimate - it could end up being 800 or 1200.

Yes, I did mean to put YSGTM under Beach Boys. :-)

Rushmore11/26/2006

Sibling Rivalry is one of the better ones of sings the blues album. i'll be commenting on some more here after i have a better look! wooo

Wezzo11/27/2006

Yay! I'm particulrly interested in your thoughts on my BNL picks (any glaring omissions?)

Rushmore11/28/2006

no, the only one i can think of was maybe "War On Drugs" as thats prob my personal fave from that album, along with another postcard. but think you covered the basis with that list mate.c

after reading your list, i listened to get up by REM again, after years of not hearing it, that song is immense.

Wezzo11/28/2006

Indeed!

I cannot believe I missed War on Drugs, probably my favourite BNL ballad.. consider it added!

Rushmore12/02/2006

i'd agree its one of the stronger BNL ballads indeed. i tell you what song i'm getting into, Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank mostly the live version on rock spectacle.

Fairytale of New York, nice choice. hands down THE BEST christmas song ever.

Wezzo12/08/2006

Agreed!

Rock Spectacle I don't have, it's soo expensive... is it worth the £15+ it is on Amazon marketplace?

Rushmore12/12/2006

i'd say no. cus a fgew of them old apartment, what a good boy, brian wilson and million dollars have been featured exact same live recording on their other cds (best of and stunt 2nd disc) there are some other good ones on there mostly from MYSD and Born on a Pirate Ship. though they are good recordings and have made me like the respective albums more, but for 15+, i'd pass and wait for price to go down. i got my copy for 15 quid too, but it was one of first BNL ones i got so makes it little more worth it, but if i were you i'd wait, but if you want to go for it, its a good record, only lt down by fact they re-use live recordings.

professor02/15/2007

I've got tickets to see The Fall on 5th March at a club near Birmingham. It's just a small club that will hold 700 maximum.

Wezzo02/16/2007

Oh, excellent. Hope you enjoy it.

Have you heard "Reformation! Post TLC" yet?

Martin198302/17/2007

I should mention that Only You by the Flying Pickets is a cover version (the original was by Yazoo, from the previous year. I have it if you want it).
Also the Phil Collins songs True Colors, A Groovy Kind of Love and You Can't Hurry Love were originally by Cyndi Lauper, The Mindbender and The Supremes, respectively.
Manfred Mann's The Mighty Quinn was originally by Bob Dylan, Tainted Love was originally by Marc Bolan's girlfriend Gloria Jones and I can't remember who did Rockin' All Over The World, but the Quo did cover it (though they definitely made it their own!)

I'm a nerd.

Martin198302/17/2007

And Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers and Streets of Lonodn by Whittaker are both covers too!

Wezzo02/17/2007

Heh, thanks for all of those! I'll go and correct them. You pedant, you.

Martin198302/17/2007

**Looks on in an embarrassed manner**

professor03/07/2007

Check out these:
MUSE
The Beatles
Bob Dylan

Wezzo03/12/2007

Cool stuff there, thanks!

0dysseus05/22/2007

Nice list/revision. Excellent #1...

But "...we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream."

I mention it because I think that Mr. Springsteen would argue that the runaway American Dream has been hurting most of his characters.

"When we're out in the streets and we see one car..."

Wezzo05/22/2007

Thanks very much. And you are, of course, absolutely right about the lyric.. I can't believe I'd make such a mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.

And you gotta love Born to Add!

0dysseus05/22/2007

I love Bruce Stringbean and The S. Street Band.

The whole album is pretty awesome.

Rushmore07/11/2007

man i'm going to have to get you into Arctic monkeys and Oasis it seems lol

hey, BNL worked!

Wezzo07/11/2007

:-D True!

london_calling11/08/2010

I'm glad you're updating this list. I actually discovered quite a few new artists (The Gaslight Anthem being my favorite!) the last time you updated.

Wezzo11/09/2010

Thanks man. Expect a full revision in December.

coldplayer911/10/2010

Sha-Na-Na- Those Magic Changes...

Unique choice! Not many people would have that on their top ten haha, but it's a great song. I first heard it on The Greese Soundtrack, which was one of the first CD's I ever bought. Not a bad track on there!

Wezzo11/12/2010

haha, I certainly agree. Thanks muchly!

Jeandré11/20/2010

Runaway Train started playing about 5 seconds before I read it on your list - trippy.

When you update this, please add years released to the non-alphabetical bit - I'd love to add this to The listies: songs.

Wezzo11/20/2010

Ahh, brilliant list you've got there - yes, I'd be more than happy to do that come next update. I'll let you know when I do. :)

Jeandré03/11/2011

Thanks - added to The listies: songs.

Some sources for years:
Val Doonican - King Of The Road (1969)
Matt Monro - We're Gonna Change The World (1970)

WriterWill3703/04/2011

Major props for the placement of #29!

Happymeal03/05/2011

I am glad Modest Mouse is on the list, but they have way better songs than Float on. I would have personally put more Modest Mouse songs on the list being they are my favorite.